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DCCC is announcing they are targeting 101 districts in 2018 (most in a decade). They have Dems running in all but 12 districts in the country. - MDH Feb 8, 08:02 4
- Good but they should have been doing this for the past twenty years. Building at the grassroots level in rural America (with an appropriate message) - crash davis Feb 8, 08:20 3
  - But now they can simply use Trump's line against him, "What the hell do you have to lose?" -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 08:24
  - Sunk cost. You're not wrong, but can't change the past. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 08:20 1
    - or can we.... -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:25
Test -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:01
arg, sinus colds are the worst possible type of sinus colds. -- nm - Truman Feb 8, 07:35
this NBA trade deadline is as exciting as most NHL trade deadlines (only TSN isn't doing a 12 hour coverage marathon of the NBA's) - Beaker Feb 8, 07:29 1
- TSN and Sportsnet have got to be scaling back some more, right? Just ain't what it used to be. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Feb 8, 07:35
It tickles me that Vernon Davis is going to Korea to watch the curling action. -- (link) - Name Withheld by Request Feb 8, 07:26
This and the one it's replying to are wrecking me. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 8, 07:24
Huh. Given Paddington 2's stellar reviews, I guess I expected it to be in theaters for a while. Only 1 showing at the local theater. - kelly Feb 8, 07:18 6
- Coco never left one of our theaters. 15 weeks. -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 07:23 4
  - Last week it added 1,000 theaters even. -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 07:31 1
    - It got the Oscar nomination celebration bump -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:02
  - Coco is still hanging on here too, which is why I doubted that 3-4 weeks was the norm. -- nm - kelly Feb 8, 07:26 1
    - It's still in cinemas in the UK, came out in November (but is has been massive here) -- nm - LMS Feb 8, 07:31
- Enjoy! - LMS Feb 8, 07:21
FBI case against college basketball looks like it's going to collapse. Agent in charge caught with his hand in the cookie jar. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 8, 07:05 1
- Trump is right! -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 07:07
Venom trailer -- (link) - just oblique Feb 8, 06:30 [youtube] 15
- *Shrugs* -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 08:20
- Can't Wait -- nm - J Feb 8, 08:14
- Don't discount Tom Hardy, you guys are nuts if you thought you were going to see Venom in this *teaser* -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 08:07
- Zzzzzz.. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 8, 07:22 3
  - It kinda looks like Unbreakable with what we saw. -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 07:28 2
    - reminded me of a DC movie (which isn't a good thing) -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 07:30 1
      - I am hoping for Netflix Marvel. -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 08:19
- October release date -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 07:03
- Not feelin it -- nm - budice Feb 8, 07:01
- That's a textbook "There are going to be a ton of effects in this movie, but none of them are ready" trailer. -- nm - volnelk Feb 8, 06:39 1
  - even though they are likely ready, the Deadpool 2 trailer is the perfect example of how to cover for this. -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 06:49
- Not a great teaser. -- nm - Shaun Feb 8, 06:37 2
  - Zero pay off. -- nm - Spawn Feb 8, 07:18 1
    - Yeah not even a single glimpse of Hardy covered in the symbiote. -- nm - Shaun Feb 8, 07:21
- the face turning into the V at the end was cool; the rest....meh -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 06:33
anyone watch Celebrity Big Brother? As big a train wreck as you hoped? -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 06:27 5
- My PVR missed it so I need to find it online to watch -- nm - J Feb 8, 08:15
- *shrug* within minutes it was just like any other season, except with some clearly despicable and awful prople. - Mop Feb 8, 07:34
- 1st episode is always rough because it was filmed 5-7 days ago. It was meh. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 07:04 1
  - And nobody hates each other yet. -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 07:13
- Not so much a wreck on tv yet, but last night on feeds during charades Brandi illustrated the first syllable in "Jumanji" by pointing at Marissa's nose... -- nm - Ender Feb 8, 06:40
Brother has taken his partner for the surgery. It's not supposed to be the most major surgery, but it's surgery so good thoughts, etc appreciated -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 06:25 8
- Done. -- nm - Prayer Breakfast Trump Feb 8, 07:24
- Got it. -- nm - spamlet Feb 8, 07:06
- good thoughts, etc! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 07:05
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- Good thoughts! -- nm - MDH Feb 8, 06:55
- of course -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 06:54
- you should bake him a cake for his coming home party -- nm - decline Feb 8, 06:49
- always. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 06:30
Celebrity Bake Off stars revealed (you will have heard of at least one of the twenty) -- (link) - LMS Feb 8, 06:18 11
- 5! (I see that Griff Rhys Jones has followed the Michael Palin route of sketch comic to travel presenter) -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 07:02 4
  - There's a whole slew of British comedy performers turned travel presenters now. Miriam Margolyes recent 3 part show touring America was a highlight. -- nm - LMS Feb 8, 07:10 3
    - She gets around! - she's also been in a recent Australian detective series called the Miss Fisher Mysteries. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 07:15 2
      - I love that show, hoping the rumoured movie actually happens. -- nm - LMS Feb 8, 07:19 1
        
        They reached their Kickstarter goal, at least. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 07:31
- 3. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 06:59
- Huh. Martin Kemp has a huge filmography. Aside from the Krays, I had no idea he acted at all. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 06:55
- 3! -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 06:31
- I've heard of 4! - Reagen Feb 8, 06:25
- Confirmed: 1/20 - just oblique Feb 8, 06:23 1
  - same; likely the same one too (Teri Hatcher) -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 06:26
Speaking of delivery. Amazon will now deliver you Whole Foods in 2 hours -- (link) - just oblique Feb 8, 06:13 1
- But their inventory is lacking due to order to shelf instituted by Amazon. -- nm - Qale Feb 8, 08:03
KFC and Taco Bell begin delivery through Grubhub. McDonalds working with UberEats. -- (link) - GregW Feb 8, 06:01 4
- There's at least one McDonalds that is (was?) on my Grubhub at home. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 06:11
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  - I have a kind of mental block ordering most food for delivery. Paying $X more for someone to bring it to me, especially on cheap meals like TB seems - just oblique Feb 8, 06:09 1
    - Same. If I'm paying $9-10 for a meal, it's not going to be TB. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 07:25
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- How many Democrats do you expect to vote No? -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 06:06 1
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- Cutting taxes and increasing spending should work out perfectly fine. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 06:01 3
  - I don't believe the deficit will be a big deal, in and of itself. We're just spending on the wrong things. -- nm - mara Feb 8, 08:07
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  - Worked for Reagan. -- nm - GregW Feb 8, 06:01
Happy NBA Trade Deadline Day everyone! What are you doing to celebrate? -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 05:47 1
- Hurrying home from work to watch more Olympics. - Krusty Feb 8, 06:11
iPhone source code leaked to github, promptly taken down but it's already "out there" now -- (link*) - just oblique Feb 8, 05:43
Happy birthday, Budice! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 05:40 5
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 12:37
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Feb 8, 07:03
- Happy-chay Boo-dee-day Budice! -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 07:01
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 06:58
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 05:46
Ahh, that explains it. -- (link) - Will Hunting Feb 8, 05:34 1
- hopefully he’ll keep on with the fedora, maybe ruin it like the Chaplin moustache. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 05:38
Do-it-yourself casket? It's a thing, thanks to a N.B. woodworker -- (link*) - Beaker Feb 8, 05:16
Well I guess if rape, murder, and burning villages don't get your point across you starve people to death. Burma using food now as the ultimate weapon -- (link) - spamlet Feb 8, 05:03
Gronk may be considering an acting career. Stallone and The Rock have told him he can make millions as an action movie star. -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 04:59 4
- Given his personality, he's at least a off-beat sidekick. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 05:13
- worked for Brian Bosworth... -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 05:09 2
  - Some of them never even bother learning to act. Hello, Arnold Schwarzenegger... -- nm - Diva Feb 8, 05:18 1
    - Or Elvis. They were all like "Fuck it! Just let him sing all his dialogue." - Shaun Feb 8, 06:25
TV PSA: Beyond, Big Brother, NBA, Grey's Anatomy, Olympics, Rupaul, Project Runway, Supernatural, Four, Flip or Flop, Arrow, Swamp People, Scandal, -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 04:49 1
- Top Chef, HTGAWM, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 04:49
Philly Philly is up early -- (link) - budice Feb 8, 04:34 2
- That poor canopy - it has no idea. -- nm - Rollo Feb 8, 05:31
- Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long surprised his teammates with a rare bottle of whiskey. -- (link) - budice Feb 8, 04:48
15 entries for Baron's Winter Olympics challenge! Woohoo! -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 03:52 13
- Just submitted! -- nm - Shaun Feb 8, 06:52 2
  - as did I. Now I'm done... -- nm* - Beaker Feb 8, 06:53 1
    - In and in! Thanks for the entries! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Feb 8, 07:06
- I can still take entries until, say, close of business today. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Feb 8, 06:09 3
  - link again please? merci -- nm* - Beaker Feb 8, 06:15 2
    - And here's the email. -- (link) - Baron of the Rings Feb 8, 06:45 [Backboard]
    - See below. -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 06:44
- Did you get my entry? -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 05:38 4
  - Check the baronoftherings website. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 05:39 3
    - Under scoreboard -- (link) - Roger More Feb 8, 05:41 2
      - Doesn't seem to work on mobile but Krusty you are there. -- nm - spamlet Feb 8, 05:45 1
        
        I see it, thanks all! -- nm - Krusty Feb 8, 06:11
- (wonder if JenBro took Fiji again?) -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 03:52
Frequent annoyance as a sub: - Reagen Feb 8, 03:46
Bery; here's a world changing project that makes use of two of your talents. photojournalists send petition to camera makers for built in encryption - zeitgeist Feb 8, 01:42 2
- while it is possible alter camera's firmware (they are uploadable) that might run into copyright issues - zeitgeist Feb 8, 01:45 1
  - The copyright questions are kind of v fascinating though. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 8, 03:28
"Protocol headache for Winter Olympics as US VP Mike Pence and Kim Jong-un's sister to be seated metres apart in opening ceremony" ... why? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 23:54 5
- why so close? small VIP area, probably. why headache? Pence is afraid of women he's not married to. -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 00:16 4
  - To be fair he may just be afraid of women he doesn't call Mother. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 8, 05:51 1
    - Live scene from their first meeting -- (link) - Beaker Feb 8, 06:01 [youtube]
  - The latter is what I meant, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 00:31 1
    - Ohhhh! Now I get it! -- nm - mafic Feb 8, 03:42
Domhnall Gleeson has some spinoff ideas to pitch -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 7, 23:52
Found this video from 3 years ago lurking in my Documents folder, so I tossed it on youtube. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 7, 22:31 [youtube] 4
- 2015 Swiftsure race. You can hear me and kieran, so I don't think I'll set it fully public ... -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 7, 23:27 [youtube] 1
  - ^ at about the 3:20 mark, there's some kind of ... dwarf tossing ... happening -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 7, 23:27
- That resolution is great. I love seeing the raindrops bounce. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 22:47
- nice. -- nm - mud Feb 7, 22:35
USA vs. CAN live @ 3:05 am. I’m not sleeping tonight. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 22:18
Hmm. This site intrigues me. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 7, 22:09 [yarn]
::realizes Josh McDaniels will be in town soon for the combine:: -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 22:06
I’m sure it’s great to hear your wife shout at you “SWEEP! HARDER! SWEEEEEP!” -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 21:42
Why is the outer ring teal? I suspect this isn’t actually curling but some inferior Asian knock-off. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 21:41 1
- My son was calling it "Coraline" for a bit -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 21:55
30 seconds in and “Olympic athletes from Russia” is already annoying. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 21:40
Watching NOVA, they showed a forensic reconstruction of Kennawick man....looked just like Capt Picard -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 7, 21:37 2
- Was there a flute found, nearby? -- nm - Flavorize Feb 8, 01:04
- I have considered this myself. -- nm - Mop Feb 7, 22:09
So, wait...Curling is definitely a sport, correct? -- nm - JD Feb 7, 21:27 4
- 100%. Same as darts or competitive cheese rolling. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 7, 21:35 3
  - Darts is a game. Archery is a sport. -- nm - Rollo Feb 7, 21:38 2
    - *pft* Maybe the way *you* play it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 7, 22:03 1
      - "Darts. The most dangerous game." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 00:32
Becky Lynch wants to audition for the Kim Possible movie -- (link) - Remlik Feb 7, 21:10 3
- Any nudity? -- nm - Dano Feb 7, 21:41 2
  - After a quick google search, people interpreted Shego and Kim Possible's relationship much differently than the producers intended. -- nm - David Feb 7, 21:59 1
    - Or did they? -- nm - spamlet Feb 8, 04:06
We have Olympic Curling. Repeat: we have Olympic Curling! -- nm - David Feb 7, 21:05 1
- Nice shot -- nm - JD Feb 7, 21:14

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